The way to have good ideas is to get close to killing yourself. It's like weightlifting. When you lift slightly more than you can handle, you get stronger. In life, when the gun is to your head, you either figure it out, or you die. When you cut yourself open, you bleed ideas.

Okay, as a freelance writer originally from the Toronto area and now living off the grid outside of Yellowknife way up north in Canada, my location hasn't been an issue for any of my clients. In fact, several editors have been fascinated when they find out where I live - especially if they're from a major city such as New York, Boston, or LA - and I have clients in all three. I think it helps that I cover non-location specific topics such as business and personal finance, and that I write almost exclusively online.﻿

So you're walking past a store and out of the corner of your eye you see a sale advertised on the digital sign outside - a sale on just the glasses/jacket/shoes/laptop you were looking for. Coincidence? Maybe not. It could be the latest in digital media marketing - combining Geofencing and Facial Recognition technology. #digitalmarketing#facialrecognition#geofencing ﻿

What do you get when you combine facial recognition with a GPS enabled smartphone? If you’re a retailer, the answer is simple. You have an awesome digital media marketing opportunity to immediately send a customized text (SMS) offer directly to an individual’s phone. The real deal-clincher? They’re offers based on...

Sure, it may look like an ordinary smartphone. In fact, it may look exactly like the smartphone you use to communicate with your clients. But if you're a savvy software-as-a-service (SaaS) marketer, you'll see that it's really much more than a simple phone. It's a key weapon in your...

Are you looking to improve your information security? If so, you've likely read up on adding authentication measures to your IT infrastructure, but do you know how to choose the best measures for your organization? Here's some good news. Applying analytics to big data for authentication measures has the...

Businesses of all shapes and sizes are investing more time and money than ever before in cloud computing services. Protecting assets against events such as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider's bankruptcy is becoming a priority for reducing business risk. If you're like most business owners, you want to make sure that your tech...

Welcome! I'm Sarita, the owner of Harbour Online Writing Services.
I’m a Canadian freelance writer, B2B copywriter, and blogger specializing in digital marketing and technology for business, personal finance, and real estate.
I enjoy explaining technology to business and marketing types and business and marketing to technology folks. That degree in Psychology and Computer Science is finally coming in handy.
As a former financial advisor with over a decade of experience in banking, I also write about mortgages, money management, investments, and retirement planning for Canadian and American audiences.
I run the website Avamum, and have written two e-books released by Hyperink Publishing: Build Your Brand With Pinterest and Instagram: How a Photo-Sharing App Achieved a $1 Billion Facebook Buyout in 18 Months.
I graduated from the University of Guelph where I studied Psychology and Computer Science, and I hold the Personal Financial Planning designation from the Institute of Canadian Bankers.

Bragging rights

Currently based in Yellowknife, NWT, I am the mother and step-mother of seven awesome kids!

Education

University of Guelph

Psychology & Computer Science, 1997 - 2001

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Gender

Female

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